Binding XML data to Gridview Control

Here is an example how easily we can bind the XML data to GridView control using XML data source.

I have a XML file called people.xml in APP_DATA folder which i like to display it on asp.net page. There are plenty of ways you can do this. For example write a XSL file and transform it but for showing you the Gridview binding i'm taking this route.


people.xml


Code:
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<PEOPLE>
   <PERSON>
      <NAME>Mr James Antony</NAME>
      <ADDRESS>123, Mount Street, London</ADDRESS>
      <EMAIL>Test@someurlll.com</EMAIL>
  </PERSON>
  <PERSON>
    <NAME>Dr Phip Nat</NAME>
    <ADDRESS>878 ABV NewYork</ADDRESS>
    <EMAIL>Test1@someurlll.com</EMAIL>
  </PERSON>
  <PERSON>
    <NAME>Prof K KILIJ</NAME>
    <ADDRESS>2343 joik THAI</ADDRESS>
    <EMAIL>Test2@someurlll.com</EMAIL>
  </PERSON>
</PEOPLE>



Now i got to place a GridView control in asp.net page along with XMLDatasource.


Code:
<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="false" CodeFile="Default.aspx.vb" Inherits="Default" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
    <title>XML Data to GridView</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
    <asp:GridView runat="server" ID="gwPeopleData" DataSourceID="XMLD" AutoGenerateColumns="False">
      <Columns>
         <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Name">
           <ItemTemplate>
             <asp:Label runat="server" ID="lblNAME" Text='<%#XPath("NAME")%>'></asp:Label>
         </ItemTemplate>
         </asp:TemplateField>
         <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Address">
           <ItemTemplate>
             <asp:Label runat="server" ID="lblNAME" Text='<%#XPath("ADDRESS")%>'></asp:Label>
         </ItemTemplate>
         </asp:TemplateField>
         <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Email">
           <ItemTemplate>
             <asp:Label runat="server" ID="lblEmail" Text='<%#XPath("EMAIL")%>'></asp:Label>
         </ItemTemplate>
         </asp:TemplateField>
    </Columns>       
  </asp:GridView>
  <asp:XmlDataSource ID="XmlD" runat="server" DataFile="~/App_Data/people.xml" XPath="/PEOPLE/PERSON">
   </asp:XmlDataSource>   
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>


In XML datasource control i'm calling XML Data file and asking control to select the nodelist /PEOPLE/PERSON using XPATH query.

That is it when you run your page it should display the XML contents on GridView control.

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